Beth Rigby

Got round London Marathon in 4.45hrs, progress on 2025. The crowds were incredible, the experience exhilarating & humbling. I ran in memory of Laura for @NLondonHospice. I’ve raised £24k over 2 years, thanks to all you wonderful people for sponsoring me 🙏🏻 justgiving.com/page/beth-rigb…

And the meeting multi-party politics with the first past the post electoral system could see council seats being won on record low vote shares, say leading political scientists. Read more via @HagopianAlicja news.sky.com/story/local-el…

Reform in 2025 dominated in local elections, winning 680 out of 1641 seats mostly at expense of Conservatives. Will they do it again this year with Lab? 1600+ impressive 2000 great results. Look too for Greens, can they push past 500 seats gains?

🚨LOCAL ELECTIONS: Here’s what we will be looking at when the results come in to help gauge state of the parties Analysis by Professors Thrasher & Rallings’ suggests Labour could lose up to 2000 of the c2500 seats its’ defending & Tories up to 1000 in most extreme scenario 🧵

Yesterday in Hastings, in the wake of antisemitic attacks in Golders Green, I faced Nazi salutes. Today the Prime Minister uses his office to attack the only Jewish party leader to score political points.

Zack Polanski’s criticism of the police officers response to the Golders Green attack was disgraceful. He’s not fit to lead any political party.

NEW: @ZackPolanski has apologised for “sharing a tweet in haste” criticising the Met Police officers who apprehended the Golders Green attacker ‘Everyone in leadership has a responsibility for lowering the temperature at a time of such tension, and I apologise for sharing a tweet in haste. Police responses to emergency situations such as these do need later reflection in the right forums, but I accept that social media is not the appropriate channel for doing so. I have invited Mark Rowley to meet with me to discuss the police response and the wider issues raised in his letter.’

Speculation is rife that one of Keir Starmer’s solutions if Labour lose significantly in the May 7th election is to reshuffle his cabinet. In this week’s Electoral Dysfunction, @HarrietHarman tells @BethRigby why briefing on that option is a bad idea. 🎧 trib.al/pxOEhQ0

Mark Rowley on @SkyNews re his open letter to @ZackPolanski. “I'm not getting involved in politics. I'm dealing with operations. I need my officers to have confidence to tackle the most difficult and dangerous individuals. Of course, there's always going to be sort of, sort of eccentricity and nonsense online. “But if an eminent person steps into operational policing and, sort of criticises officers in a way that can undermine their confidence to act, I need to support that…. He has stepped into operational policing with his criticism & inaccuracies & I need to put that straight”

Election expert Lord Hayward's predictions for next week's local elections... 🔴 - 1,850 seats for Labour 🔵 - 600 seats for Tories 🟣 + 1,550 seats for Reform 🟢 + 500 seats for Greens 🟡 + 150 seats for Lib Dem Dems ⚪️ + 250 seats for independents mirror.co.uk/news/politics/…

Exclusive: Sir Keir Starmer has told allies he does not want to carry out a reshuffle of his top team after the local elections He is said to have raised concerns that a reshuffle would be a distraction. Allies have also said that carrying out a reshuffle from a “point of weakness” would only further damage his standing As per @BethRigby there are clear divisions in Number 10 over whether a reshuffle might bolster his chances of survival in the wake of the locals But the PM is said to be pretty clear that he doesn’t want to go there thetimes.com/article/a9d355…

Before the Mandelson vetting scandal blew up, Starmer was preparing for a cabinet reshuffle & Kings Speech reset. Now, No 10 team split on shuffling top team as they deal with the Mandelson fall out & look to what could be shattering May elections. What’s going on? 👇

"Let's be frank: this is not an isolated incident." Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer says he knows first-hand about the anxiety antisemitic attacks are causing in the Jewish community, after a terror attack in Golders Green. trib.al/ThYrycS 📺 Sky 501

. @NatalieFleetMP was 15 when she got pregnant. Today, for the first time, Natalie’s daughter Elodie speaks about what it was like knowing she was conceived through rape. Watch her extraordinary interview, with her mum, on The Cathy Newman Show on @SkyNews & @YouTube at 7.

PM is chairing a COBR meeting on the Golders Green terror attack this afternoon

BREAKING: A man suspected of stabbing two Jewish men in Golders Green has a "history of serious violence and mental health issues", says Metropolitan Police commissioner Sir Mark Rowley. Latest 🔗 trib.al/DoFX3sM 📺 Sky 501

Starmer's top team split over whether PM should carry out reshuffle next month Read more trib.al/HIlfMyr

Nigel Farage has been referred to the Standards Commissioner after @Annaisaac revealed that he received a £5million gift from cypto billionaire Christopher Harborne before he was elected in 2024 Farage said that he used the money to fund his private security. But the Commons rules state that new members are required to register any benefits - including gifts - that they received in the 12 months prior to their election The Tories have now referred Farage to the Standards Commissioner, saying that Farage must 'come clean'

Sky's @BethRigby reveals she's heard from three senior government officials that Starmer's inner team are split over whether he should reshuffle his cabinet after the local elections. Read more: trib.al/4SVMZEc

In January 2025, Downing Street said Rachel Reeves will remain in her role "for the whole of this Parliament” after criticism of her handling of her economy. In July 2025, Keir Starmer said she would remain chancellor "into the next election and for many years after" after she was seen crying at PMQs. At PMQs today, the PM declined several opportunities to say she would stay in post after the local elections. But asked about it after, No 10 says his “position remains unchanged” on Reeves being in post for the whole parliament. A senior aide told me last week the rumour was “bulls**t”. Others point out that No 10 wants to avoid the sort of market wobble that followed speculation she might have been sacked, and replaced by somebody further to left, in July. “Imagine what it would be like if he actually did it.” But it is the case - as @BethRigby reports - there are differences of opinion among the PM’s top team about whether he should have a reshuffle post May. Starmer himself is said to be undecided.